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2018 Q3 Portfolio Update

Breakdown as follows:



 Shares held  Current share price value 
AIMS AMP  81000 1.42 115020
Ascendas Htrust 235000 0.82 192700
Cache log 13600 0.74 10064
CRCT 35000 1.44 50400
Ezion 19500 0.074 1443
First Reit 40000 1.24 49600
Frasers Log 189700 1.07 202979
KepCorp 5000 7 35000
Sasseur REIT 40000 0.72 28800
Singtel 42000 3.23 135660
Starhill Global Reit 20000 0.695 13900
Unnamed7611 6 45666
Warchest 260632.4
TOTAL $1,141,864.4


The total portfolio value has exceeded 1.1M, which was my target set in the initial part of the year. However, it should be noted that around $45k of the portfolio are shares of the company I work for. These shares are escrowed and cannot be sold until 2020 (earliest). While these shares would earn dividends, they do not constitute a liquid portion of my portfolio.

I am still holding on to too much cash for my liking. Ideally, I would like to deploy most of it before Christmas. But finding good value in today's market is horrendously difficult.

My portfolio is now 80% REITS/trusts and 20% non-REITs. The non-REIT components are mainly composed of Singtel, Keppel Corp and the escrowed employee shares. I am happy with a 80-20 distribution for now.

Happy to say that my FI plans appear right on schedule.  Looking forward to December, wherein the combined Dividends from Frasers, AIMs, Ascendas and First REIT should make for a Merry Merry Xmas. Ho Ho Ho.






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